A vehicle does not need to be moving to be seized for terry stop purposes
Facts The Corpus Christi, Texas, Police Department (CCPD) on July 15, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. received an anonymous suspicious vehicle call regarding a vehicle in the Glen Arbor Park area. Glen Arbor Park and the surrounding neighborhood are part of a corridor of problem areas where drugs are sold. Officers respond to a few calls in […]
Child pornography search warrant was not too general when describing items to be searched and seized
Facts Bryan David Edwards was charged with distribution and receipt of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2) and (b)(1), and possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2). Evidence leading to his indictment was seized during execution of a search warrant authorizing officers […]
Defendant’s only recourse is a civil action when he challenges the no knock aspect of warrant but not the warrant itself
Facts In 2019, an investigator with the Greenville, Mississippi, Police Department obtained from a municipal court judge (the issuing judge) a no-knock search warrant for Antoine Bryant’s residence. In support of the warrant, the investigator submitted an affidavit specifying the request was for a no- knock search warrant; and outlined Bryant’s alleged criminal activity involving drugs […]
Summary Judgement denied for officer who punched subject in passenger pickup area of airport
Facts In 2018, William Vardeman landed at Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, for a business trip. His family took a later flight, and he returned to the airport to pick them up. While he awaited his family’s arrival, Vardeman made several loops around the passenger pickup area and eventually parked his vehicle. As Vardeman attempted […]
Close interaction with suspect, evasive statements, and flight led to reasonable suspicion
Facts In February 2021, the Midland Police Department dispatched several officers to an apartment complex to locate an individual named “Brooke” who was suspected of violating a drug court order. When officers arrived at Brooke’s apartment, they knocked on the door, and a man —later identified as Jeffrey Scott—approached the doorway. The officers asked Scott […]
officers’ use of a ladder to look into the storage unit from above was not a search
Facts In 2019, officers from the Yazoo County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Davis Mini Storage after Tim Davis, owner of storage facility, received a complaint from a customer about a strong odor of marijuana in the third climate-controlled building. Deputy Ferrell, one of the officers dispatched to the scene, stated that once he entered […]